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Juxtapose The artist chose to juxtapose light and dark colors to emphasize contrast.

13. My older brother seems to believe he’s really ________________________. Whenever someone disagrees with him, he won’t even consider the possibility that he’s mistaken. 

10. One famous psychological test involves showing people inkblots in shapes purposely made ________________________ enough so that a variety of different things can be “seen” in eachdesign.

19. Harry’s relationship with his two sisters had always been poor, but he completely __________________________(e)d them when, without their knowledge, he took several of theirmother’s belongings from her home on the day their mother died.

1. Nita allows her son to _______________________ away his weekly allowance on junk. She says he’ll soon learn that it’s better to save his money for something he really wants.

17. Some child stars reached the ________________________ of their careers at a very young age and later felt like failures because they couldn’t stay at the top.

11 . McDonald’s is certainly a(n) ________________________ restaurant chain. It’s almost impossible to find a city that doesn’t contain a set of the “golden arches.”

5. Every member of the school board but one voted to hire the new teacher. The ___________________ kept saying, “There’s something about him that I just don’t like.” 

12. “Don’t ________________________ the child so,” Mrs. Lopez told her husband. “He’ll learn more if you just explain what he’s done wrong instead of scolding him so harshly.”

14. Since so many people who diet eventually __________________________ to their old weights, wouldn’t it make more sense simply to eat sensibly than to diet constantly?